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MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 3, 2022)—Summit Credit Union announced today the completion of its purchase of Commerce State Bank, headquartered in West Bend, Wis., in the largest credit union acquisition of a bank in the state’s history and one of the largest in the country. The combined company has assets over $6 billion and 54...

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., will re-open six of their Answer Center locations to provide Wisconsin residents with another option to get their Medicare or Health Insurance Marketplace coverage questions answered. The Health Plan is also opening new Answer Center locations in Beaver Dam and Weston. Security Health Plan Answer Centers...

MADISON, WIS. – The winning Senior Three-Year-Old Cow, Ms. Triple-T Grateful-ET, took home Intermediate and Grand Champion titles at the 2022 International Junior Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo®. Owner Colton Thomas of North Lewisburg, Ohio received the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of...

MADISON, WIS. – Heavenly Zora-ET had a tremendous day as she swept the International Junior Milking Shorthorn Show by taking home the Senior and Grand Champion titles, the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Lillian and Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show at World Dairy Expo®. Zora, shown by...

MADISON, WIS. – Lazy M Wildside Genette-EXP, owned by Peter Vail of Englewood, Florida, was tapped Intermediate and Grand Champion of the International Milking Shorthorn Show. Genette earned the $1000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and took home the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy along with her titles. First named Senior Champion and then Reserve Grand...

MADISON, WIS – World Dairy Expo® welcomed 463 competitors to the colored shavings for the Youth Showmanship Contest on Sunday, October 2. Youth from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pennsylvania rose to the top in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Divisions, respectively. Winning the Junior Division out of 156 participants was Cameron Ryan of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin....

DWD Chief Economist Dennis Winters expects manufacturing employment in Wisconsin to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the near future.  In an interview Friday, Winters said it “might be a couple months” before that occurs.  “The outstanding thing that we don’t know about yet is what the general economy is going to be...

-- DWD Chief Economist Dennis Winters expects manufacturing employment in Wisconsin to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the near future.  In an interview Friday, Winters said it “might be a couple months” before that occurs.  “The outstanding thing that we don’t know about yet is what the general economy is going to...

MADISON, WIS. – Virginia Tech finished first among fifteen schools in the 101st National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at World Dairy Expo®. The Virginia Tech team, who finished with a score of 2,479, placed first for reasons, second in placings, and had the second and fourth overall individuals, Madison Sifford with a...

MADISON, WIS. – Pennsylvania took the top honors in the 100th National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo®. The Pennsylvania team members Ellie Curtis, Sara Haag, Madelynn Hoffman and Morgan Smoker were coached by Chad Dechow. The second-overall team, by a margin of 44 points, was the Michigan team of Grace Brown, Laken Durussel, Brianna...

MADISON, WIS. – The 55th World Dairy Expo began Sunday, October 2, 2022, with youth judging contests, where SUNY Cobleskill secured a first-place win as the overall team in the International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. The team consisted of Karrie Ayer, Addison Hubbell, Kailey Kuhn and Kyler Meisner coached by Carrie Edsall. Kaskaskia College followed as the...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Oct. 2, 2022)— Hundreds of trained American Red Cross disaster workers are helping 24-7 across several states to support people facing the massive destruction left behind by Hurricane Ian.    “People’s lives were turned upside down by this massive storm,” said Mark Thomas, CEO and Regional Executive for the Red Cross of Wisconsin. “They...